Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., once seen as a longshot to serve as America’s top health official, is now set to head to the Senate ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell said on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign allies were a bad idea. In a nationally ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa ... including whether he supports the polio vaccine. He told reporters on Capitol Hill in December that he is “all for” the polio vaccine following reports ...

Kennedy repeatedly tried convincing senators that he would “ follow the science ” and that if he saw proof that vaccines were ...

Kennedy, a Democrat who ran as an independent but ended up supporting Trump in the 2024 presidential campaign, was grilled by senators over his views on vaccines, abortion, Medicaid and more during ...

Fearing a primary challenge, the Louisiana Republican and physician backed away from his critique of RFK Jr. to recommend his ...

The Senate Finance Committee voted to advance RFK Jr.'s nomination to be HHS secretary, and Senate Intelligence Committee ...

The Republican-led Senate looks poised vote in favor of installing long-time anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of America’s health agencies.

The committee voted along party lines Tuesday, with 14 Republicans voting to advance Kennedy in front of the Senate and 13 ...

The takeaways after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from senators during his confirmation hearings to potentially lead the Department of Health and Human Services. GOP Sen. Susan Collins ...

Former Republican leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, is a polio survivor who seemed to warn Kennedy away from the polio issue last year: “The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives and ...